Moscow police disperse gay rally
MOSCOW— Police have dispersed a gay rally in Moscow and detained some of the protesters.About two dozen activists held Tuesday@@@s demonstration to protest policies of Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov, who has called homosexuals "satanic" and thwarted attempts to hold a gay pride rally in Russia@@@s capital.Tuesday@@@s rally was held without a required permit, and police detained most, if not all, the activists in a square near city hall after they displayed a papier-mache mummy resembling Luzhkov and unfurled posters ridiculing him.Russia@@@s leading gay activist, Nikolai Alexeyev, said in a telephone interview from inside a police van that he knew Tuesday@@@s rally would not be allowed.Homosexuality was decriminalized in Russia in 1993, but anti-gay feelings remain strong.ByREUTERS06/08/2025 07:57 AMByREUTERS06/08/2025 05:36 AMByMAARIV06/07/2025 02:33 PMByWALLA!06/07/2025 11:18 AMByREUTERS06/07/2025 03:25 AM
